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FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1994

TABLE 3: CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY

COMPARING APR 1994

WITH APR 1993

% CHANGES

COMPARING JAN-APR 1994

WITH JAN-APR 1993

% CHANGPS

UNIT

UNIT

END-USE CATEGORY

VALUE VALUE VOLUME

VALUE

VALUE VOLUME

FOODSTUFFS

13.0

0.4

13.1

11.

9

13.1

CONSUMER GOODS

4.9

1.2

5.1

9.5

1

8.3

■

RAW MATERIALS AND

SEMI-MANUFACTURES

16.5

2.8

13.1

13.9

1.8

11.5

FUELS

9.0 -18.4

34.1

- 18.5

-17.2

-1.1

CAPITAL GOODS

2.9

1. K

1.2

4.0

2.3

1.6

ALL COMMODITIES

8.8

1.5

A.

4.6

1.5

8.2

BA DISCUSSES WITH TV STATIONS OVER REGULATORY FRAMEWORK

{THURSDAY) WITH

THE LICENSEES'

THE BROADCASTING AUTHORITY (BA) MET YESTERDAY REPRESENTATIVES OF ATV AND TVB SEPARATELY TO DISCUSS CONCERNS OVER THE EXISTING REGULATORY FRAMEWORK FOR COMMERCIAL TELEVISION.

THE MEETING WAS PART OF THE MID-TERM REVIEW THAT CONDUCTING INTO THE COMMERCIAL TELEVISION LICENCES, AND ALREADY INVOLVED THE CONDUCT OF A PUBLIC OPINION SURVEY PUBLIC HEARINGS.

THE BA 13 WHICH HAS AND THREE

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE BA SAID THE MEETINGS WITH THE LICENSEES PROVIDED THE BA WITH THE OPPORTUNITY OF HEARING FIRST HAND FROM THE LICENSEES OF THEIR EXPERIENCE IN COPING WITH LICENSING CONDITIONS SINCE 1988 AND IN THE FACE OF THE RAPIDLY CHANGING AND MORE COMPETITIVE BROADCASTING ENVIRONMENT.

"MEMBERS CAN UNDERSTAND THE LICENSEES' DESIRE TO BE GIVEN ASSURANCE OF CONTINUITY TO PURSUE THEIR DEVELOPMENT PLANS.

"ON THE OTHER HAND, MEMBERS WOULD WISH ΤΟ BE SATISFIED THE LICENSEES' PERFORMANCE CAN LIVE UP TO PUBLIC EXPECTATIONS THAT VIEWERS' INTERESTS ARE OBSERVED", THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

THE HA WILL THEREFORE NEED TO TVB'S SUBMISSIONS TOGETHER WITH ALL PUBLIC HEARINGS BEFORE IT MAKES ITS GOVERNOR-IN-COUNCIL BY THE END OF THIS

CAREFULLY CONSIDER ATV'S THE VIEWS GATHERED FROM FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO YEAR.

SOME

THAT

AND

AND

THE

THE